Three-Dimensional Printing of Highly Conductive Carbon Nanotube Microarchitectures with Fluid Ink

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 8879-8887

  Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Lee, Sanghyeon ^a,e   Wajahat, Muhammad ^a,b   Jeong, Hwakyung ^a   Chang, Won Suk ^a,e   Jeong, Hee Jin ^a   Yang, Jong Ryul ^c   Kim, Ji Tae ^d   Seol, Seung Kwon ^a,b  

^a Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D printing; 3D printed electronics; CNT microarchitecture; fluid ink; meniscus guided printing

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DISPERSIONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; NOZZLE DESIGN; NOZZLES; PRINTING; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; YARN;

3-D PRINTING; CONDUCTIVE CARBON NANOTUBES; FLUID INK; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; RADIO FREQUENCY INDUCTORS;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 84989172780     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04771     Document Type: Article

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